Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

殴: assault, hit

Also: beat, thrash

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

殳 carries the meaning · 区 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

オウou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 殴打おうだhit; strike; blow

なぐるnaguru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 殴るなぐるto strike; to hit; to beat
  • 殴り合いなぐりあいfist fight
  • 殴り込みなぐりこみraid; attack; assault

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Take action! Imagine a hand gripping a sturdy wooden shaft, ready to strike or move an object with force.”
More in the 殳 lance shaft story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
区

Also built on ward (区)

殴 takes the 区 family's reading, オウ (ou).

殳

Also built on lance shaft (殳)

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Also read オウ

18 kanji share this on'yomiAll 18

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
殴 assault · 殳
vs欧 Europe · 欠
殴 has 殳 where 欧 has 欠.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 毆 · ōu

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 殴. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 毆.

Simplified
殴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
毆 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin ōu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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